Star Tribune, 3/21/2011: Dayton: Let's get building

From an article in the Minneapolis Star Tribune, By RACHEL E. STASSEN-BERGER; Photo by David Brewster, Star Tribune. The governor renewed his call for a bonding bill and also reiterated his backing for a new Vikings stadium. To construction workers and their bosses, Gov. Mark Dayton pitched his vision Tuesday for digging the state out of the construction doldrums: a new Vikings stadium and spending on state buildings. "We need a people's stadium," Dayton said to union members in work vests who visited the Capitol. A few hours later, Dayton told the workers' besuited bosses that he was mystified and astonished that legislators have refused to join him in backing a $1 billion borrowing bill to fix and construct state buildings.

The governor's pitch for more borrowing has landed with a thud among Republican leaders.

The fight over the bonding bill crystallizes the Capitol battle. DFLer Dayton wants to spend state cash to jump-start the economy; Republicans want to make cuts to do the same. Read more at the StarTribune